Merkel Announces Cabinet Line-up

World | October 17, 2005, Monday // 00:00

Germany's chancellor-designate Angela Merkel has completed the line-up of her new cabinet after naming six conservative ministers who will join Social Democrat colleagues in a future grand coalition government. One of the conservative nominees, Wolfgang Schauble, is to become interior minister, a position he's held before. In total, the Christian Democrats will have four ministers, while their Bavarian ally party, the Christian Social Union, will have two senior members in cabinet. One of them is CSU party leader Edmund Stoiber who will be economy minister. The Social Democrats decided last week on their team of eight ministers. Absent from the future line-up is current Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder. The two sides began formal coalition talks late Monday. These could last several weeks.

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